From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Oct 5 05:56:19 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id FAA15151 for questions-outgoing; Sat, 5 Oct 1996 05:56:19 -0700 (PDT) Received: from admin.cyberenet.net (root@admin.cyberenet.net [204.213.252.6]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id FAA15143 for ; Sat, 5 Oct 1996 05:56:15 -0700 (PDT) From: wb2oyc@cyberenet.net Received: from ux1.cyberenet.net by admin.cyberenet.net with smtp (Smail3.1.29.1 #7) id m0v9WH0-000O6FC; Sat, 5 Oct 96 08:56 EDT Received: from wb2oyc.ppp.cyberenet.net by ux1.cyberenet.net with smtp (Smail3.1.29.1 #8) id m0v9WGy-0006FBC; Sat, 5 Oct 96 08:56 EDT Message-ID: X-Mailer: XFMail 0.4 [p0] on FreeBSD Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: Date: Sat, 05 Oct 1996 12:35:52 -0400 (EDT) To: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu Subject: Re: boot problem ? Cc: Doug White , questions@freebsd.com Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On 04-Oct-96 Doug White wrote: >>On Fri, 4 Oct 1996 wb2oyc@cyberenet.net wrote: > >In any case, to reinstall the boot manager: > >1) If you are running Windows95 or NT, find a DOS disk and boot from it. >Win95 and NT lock the MBR while they are running and won't allow you to >install the boot manager. > >2) On the CDROM in /tools or at >ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/(2.1.5-RELEASE?)/tools there is a >"bootinst.exe" utility and boot.bin file. Run bootinst. > >3) Your boot manager is now installed. > Thanks Doug; I'll give that a try on Monday morning when I get back to work! Paul >FreeBSD also provides the OS-BS Boot Manager is booteasy is giving you >pains. OS-BS is a bit more robust than booteasy and may help in your >situaion where booteasy is having trouble finding & booting your disk. > >Doug White | University of Oregon >Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant >http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major ---------------------------------- E-Mail: wb2oyc@cyberenet.net Date: 10/05/96 Time: 12:35:54 This message was sent by XF-Mail ----------------------------------